Wied Filep Dolmen
The two Wied Filep dolmens are located in the Wied Filep (valley) in a walled enclosure on the road from Mosta to Gharghur on the island of Malta . In Maltese, dolmens are called l-imsaqqfa (with a roof). They consist of a roughly hewn capstone, which is supported on two or three sides by supporting stones, which usually stand on one of their long narrow sides. The bedrock is worked out under the middle, so that a pit up to 60 cm deep was created. The dolmens were used as burial sites (for cremation graves). The megalithic systems date from the early Bronze Age “Tarxien Cemetery phase” (2500–1500 BC). The closest parallels in Italy can be found in Apulia and Sicily , as far as the simple shape is concerned, also on the Golan and in North Africa .
Dolmen A
Dolmen A ( location ) is larger and better preserved than Dolmen B ( location ). It has a capstone of 3.6 × 1.7 m and 60 cm thick. At the ends of the capstone is supported by stones so that the top edge of the capstone is about 1.4 meters high.
Dolmen B
The capstone of Dolmen B is closer to the ground and is supported on one side on the edge by low rocks and on the other it rests on small stones. It is 3 meters long, with a width between 1.5 and 2 m.
See also
- Il-Bidni Dolmen
- Il-Gebla ta 'Sasuna on Gozo
- Ta 'Cenc Dolmen in Gozo
- Ta 'Hammud Dolmen
- Wied Znuber Dolmen
literature
- Joachim von Freeden: Malta and the architecture of its megalithic temples. Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-534-11012-9 .
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